Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
A WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' SWEETMEAT BOX WANLI MARK AND PERIOD | 明萬曆 五彩穿花龍鳳紋攢盒 《大明萬曆年製》款
Auction Closed
November 6, 06:16 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN NOBLE COLLECTION
歐洲貴族收藏
A WUCAI 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' SWEETMEAT BOX
WANLI MARK AND PERIOD
明萬曆 五彩穿花龍鳳紋攢盒 《大明萬曆年製》款
the interior modelled with a central floral-shaped compartment with six radiating sections, painted with dragons and phoenix in flight amidst blossoms on leafy sprigs, the exterior similarly decorated, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle in underglaze blue
Diameter 24 cm, 9½ in.
Collection of Sigisbert Chretien Bosch Reitz (1860-1938), curator of the Asian Art collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1914-1926).
Bequeathed to his godson Jonkheer G.C. Six van Wimmenum (1892-1975).
Thence by family descent.
Sigisbert Chretien Bosch Reitz（1860-1938年）收藏，曾於1914至1926年擔任紐約大都會博物館亞洲藝術部策展人，此後由義子 Jonkheer G.C. Six van Wimmenum（1892-1975年）家族傳承